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H. D. PARKE.

130mm TABLE.

No. 273,140. Patented Peb.27, 1883.

. e e I WITNESSES dmfiygdgy ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HORACE D. PARKE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,140, dated February 2'7, 1883.

Application filed November 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORACE D. PARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iro1 1ing-Tables; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stand folded, and Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the board.

This invention has relation to ironingboards; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the annexed drawings, the letters A A designate longitudinal ties or side bars, which are pivoted on bearings at the ends of transverse bar's B, which are shouldered at c, and are secured tothe standards D of the end frames, E, which form the supports. The end frames consist each of the standards D, crossbars F and G, oblique braces H, the transverse bearing-bar B, and a transverse stopbar, K, arranged on the inside of the frame, somewhat above the level of the bar B, so

a that when the supporting-frame is in the vertical position the stop-bar will engage the upper edges of the horizontal side bars, A, which are pivoted near the middle portion of each frame, as shown in the drawings.

L designates a middle transverse bar. which connects the horizontal side bars, A, and is provided with a catch-plate, m, which projects by its edges over the edges of the bar.

Hinged braces N are connected, one to each supporting frame, and are provided with ratchet-plates p on their ends to engage the edges of the catch-plate when the stand is set up. The ratchet-plate p is formed with an end flange, T, which engages the end of the brace N, and is perforated to receive a fastening-screw. The serrations of the ratchet are formed on theoblique edge of an angular longitudinal rib, t, of the plate, so that the engagement with the catch-plate can be easily effected. The braces N are hinged to the lower cross-bars, G, of the supporting-frames, and

said bars are provided with spring-catches c, which, when the supporting-frames are folded against the longitudinal bars, serve to hold said frames in folded position. The upper cross-bar, F, of one of the supporting-frames is pivotedin the heads of the standards, and to this bar is attached, by means of pins 2 or screws, the ironing board or table a, which is braced across in the usual manner by means of cleats b. One end of the ironing-board is squared to provide a straight edge, a, and a short bosom'board, d, having a corresponding straight edge, c,is connected thereto by under hinges, d,so that when the bosom-board, which is of the same thickness with the ironing board,is raised level therewith the edges 0 and 0 will abut, and hold, by their crimping action, a fold of cloth introduced between them.

In order to effect a forcible clamping between the edges 0 and c, as well as to hold the bosom-board up, the latter is provided with a hinged brace, 6, having a ratchet, g, along its end portion, designed to engage a catch-plate, m, on the stop-bar-K.. In ironing a shirt a fold of the cloth next the bosom is caught squarely between the edges 0 and 0,

so that the bosom can be evenly stretched.

This ironing-board, when set upin standing;

position, is very firm, owing to the opposite pressures of the hinged bracebars and the 8 stop-bars with reference to the horizontal bars.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1.. A folding ironing-board having the lon 9c gitudinal side bars, A, connected by the middlecross-bar, L, the end supporting-frames, E, pivoted near their middle portions to the ends of the longitudinal bars, the transverse stop-bars K, the catch-plate m, and the hinged 5 

